20 Weeks (5 months)

Almost to 20 weeks (on Friday) , which is the half way mark.
Which is TERRIFYING and EXCITING at the same time!

                                                                           18 weeks

I just wanted to share some of the good, the bad and the ugly of things up to this point.
(I promise more good than anything!! )

Everyone has questions for a new mom.
 "how are you feeling?"
"how did you tell everyone?"
"any crazy cravings"
"what names have you picked out?"

soooooo
To start off, we found out pretty early, like right at 4 weeks, which is crazy bc in reality the little thing was only 2 weeks old and just a speck of dust in my body.
I had to go to the DR right off (which confirmed the two lines) because I am A- blood type which requires me to get a shot so my body accepts my baby and it's blood and doesn't decide other wise, ALSO so my body would accept more babies in the future. Of course that is the lamens summery of events, but you get the just :)

                                                          8 weeks. This is also how we told my Brother in law.

It was so hard not to run around telling everyone!
Like really hard!
But we did get to tell our families :)

I gave my mom a pair of big Ol' granny panties and made her figure out why I would have given her nude panties that go up to her bellie button... Watching her figure it out was very so funny! At first she was offended, then confused and finally all the dots connected. I am evil and laughed the whole time :)

For C's parents we were able to casually work it into a conversation, which was really funny to. His grandparents are coming to stay this summer, so we just mentioned that they should move their dates to ensure that they will be here in June. This was also entertaining to watch the thought process happen.
Really, am I evil??  ;)

Overall I have really been blessed to feel pretty good.
I had some sickness in weeks 6-12. Mostly in the mornings but sometimes it lasted all day.
And some times I would just feel crappy. Un-comfortable. But I know other women who have (had)  it way worse! Thus, I won't complain to much.
I was able to keep going by keeping food in my belly. I really noticed an increase of crapyness when I had an empty stomach. (and I sleep, a lot.)

I have good energy levels now too which is really nice!
We lived in an un-decorated house until the end of November when my mom came over and helped me make it feel more homely :)

Smells!! Oh smells... I have always had a really good sense of smell(when I don't have allergies)    which became even more magnified with pregnancy. Police departments could seriously pay me to sniff out drugs or bombs money.
You know how all houses have a certain smell that you associate with them? Like your grandmas house or a childhood best friend.And they would always smell like that to you.
Well, our new house came with its own smell. It didn't stink. But I hated it and I was apparently the only one who could smell it! When I traveled out of town I could smell it on my clothes and I would gag!
I had scentsy and candles EVERYWHERE!
Thank the lord it has gone away! Or I have gotten used to it. Or I lost all sense of smell....

                      8 weeks. I think I was just bloated here. This was when I could "smell" our house.

FOOD. yummm food..
Well yum to some foods... Some of my tastes have changed a little, my GAG reflex has really increased, and sometimes I just have no control over it..
Like when brushing my teeth.
Or smelling fried food.
Or trying a new food that I'm unsure about....
Anyway.
I really haven't noticed a super increase in appetite, and I try to keep it that way. I eat when I need to , don't worry!!!
No crazy cravings or food combos yet. With the exception of having the ability to eat crunch tacos everyday if I needed to.
Most other cravings are of the "seefood" variety, and come from seeing something or hearing about something and then I HAVE to HAVE IT NOW! Example: a cokefloat vs rootbeer float debate on Facebook,  which  instigated stopping by the store for rootbeer and ice cream, immediately.

Oh yeah how could I forget!
I pee alot.
ALOT!
Night time is the worse! I guess the little bugger sits right on my bladder when I lay down, so I get up at least once every two hours :( The most disappointing part is when I only pee a little, but it feels like I have a tank full. (hahaha ;) )

Buck or Doe??? Nine days until you will know!
We find out tomorrow, but we will tell everyone next week.
Maybe you will be lucky and get a name too.
Maybe not.
We have not decided if we will share that yet ...